My Brother’s Keeper planning Fall River expansion

Officials at the Easton-based charity My Brother’s Keeper, which focuses on delivering furniture to people in need, are looking at spaces in Fall River to expand operations there.

Justin Graeber

My Brother’s Keeper has been serving the region for 25 years. Officials at the Easton-based charity, which focuses on delivering furniture to people in need, are now looking to expand that mission to Fall River.

The city will be home to a new facility, said My Brother’s Keeper co-founder Jim Orcutt, but a location is still being scouted. The facility is scheduled to open this summer.

“We looked geographically and did the research and saw that the greatest need was Fall River,” Orcutt said.

Executive Director Erich Miller said the new location will help with the organization’s multi-layered mission: to help people, but also to bring in volunteers to inspire service in others.

“I think the work My Brother’s Keeper does is too special to stay in this one place,” Miller said. “If it was just serving families, we could have just continued driving further and further. If we’re going to involve people in our work, then you have to go to where people are.”

“It’s all about mission,” Orcutt added. “It’s all about where people are in need. Not only in terms of their physical needs.”

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